Wall-cabinet.



PATENTED OCT. 20', l903.

J. M..DEGKER.

WALL CABINET.

APPLIATION FILED 0CT.21, 1899.

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UNITED STATESV Patented october 2o, 190s.

PATENT OFFICE.

WALL-CABIN ET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,012, dated October20, 1903.

Application filed October 21,1899. Serial No. 734,416. (No model.)

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Be it known that I,JAMEs MONROE DECKER, of Chicago, in the county ofCook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wall-Cabinets; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, whichform a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in Wall-cabinets of a kindprovided with a plurality of compartments, certain of which are fittedwith drawers, others of which are provided with doors, and adapted to beset in the wall of any building, the inner side open# ing inwardly intoa room and surrounded by a molding, making a finish upon the interiorWall nish of the said room in such a manner that the front of thecabinet, with its mold# ing, shall lpresent a finish practically uniformwith the interior finish of the room. The dimensions of the said cabinetare preferably such as will permit the same to be inserted between twoadjacent studs in the frame partition or construction of the building,and the height thereof may be approximately equal to the width, thusforming a cabinet the interior case of which will be approximatelyfourteen inches wide and fourteen inches high and of a depthapproximating the width of the studs. The construction thereby admits ofcabinets being made in quantities of a prescribed size and whencompleted being insorted in any wall, either as the building is incourse of constructionor after the Asaid building is finished, in thelatter case it being necessary to cut an opening between two adjacentstuds or wall furring-strips through the plastering or other wall finishof sufcient size to insert the said cabinet.

In the drawings, Figure I is a front elevation of adevice embodyingmyinvention. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 isa section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section taken onlinel 4. of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a portion of the saidcabinet and one of the hinges thereof. Fig. 6 is a detail in section andis designed to illustrate the construction in which the said cabinet maybe applied to the wall of a brick building.

In the drawings the cabinet consists of a rectangular case of wood orother suitable materials, having a back wall A, sidewalls a a', top Walla2, a bottom wall a3, transverse horizontal partitions a4 a5, dividingthe said cabinet into three compartments having a length equal to thewidth of the cabinet. The height of the central compartment as hereinshown is approximately equal to half the height of the case, and theupper compartment has less height than the lower. Transverse partitionsdivide the upper of the saidr compartments into four equal chambersadapted to receive the drawers E E, dto. The central compartment isdivided'by a Vcentral transverse partition into two equal ,chambersadapted to be closed by doors C C. The lower compartment is divided intothree unequal chambers, the larger of which is central and approximatelyequal to half the width of the cabinet and the side chambers of whichare equal each to each and repre-` in such manner that the flat orwall-contact face on each side of the said cabinet lies in the sameplane. 'Ihe rabbeted edge of the said molding projects over the edges ofthe side, top, and bottom walls, respectively, of

the cabinet to form a finish and to secure the said cabinet thereto. Themanner of securing the said molding to the cabinet may be `by means ofnails, glue, or other desired means in such manner that the moldingaforesaid forms an unbroken finish having mitered joints at the cornersabout the cabinet. The partitions heretofore described are provided withcap-pieces having the same thickness as the rabbeted portion of the saidmolding, so that when the case, with its molding, is completed the outersurface of the molding and the outer surface ot' the cap-pieces will liein the same plane. The drawers E E E E and D D D are respectivelyprovided with a body in any preferred manner.

drawer-body, preferably metallic, and, as herein shown, of stampedmetal, and united to the drawer-front ina familiar manner, the saiddrawer-front being rabbeted on the back face thereof to a sizesufficient to iit within lthe drawer-body and having iianges projectingon the sides and ends thereof adapted to close closely against the saidmolding B and the cap -pieces heretofore described. The drawer-frontsmay be secured to the drawerdoors C and C are rabbeted in a mannersimilar to the drawer-fronts and are of such thickness that when thesame are secured upon the case the fronts of the said drawers and thesaid doors shall lie in the same plane. Hinges secure the said doors tothe molding B, already described, at the sides of the said cabinet. Thesaid hinges are constructed of two leaves, as follows: One of the leavesc thereof is fiat and adapted to be secured by screws to the saidmolding, and the other member 'c' of the said hinge is upwardly curvedand adapted to be secured upon the front side of the said door. It isobvious that this manner of constructing the hinge forms a secure meansfor uniting the said doors to the said molding and also provides inopening the said door the means whereby the hinge edge thereof is swungaway from the molding as the door is opened, thereby preventing bindingor clamping. The front edge of each door is provided with a frictioncatch or latch in a familiar manner.

As a modification of my invention means are provided for securing thesame to the wall without disturbing or jarring the plastering or otherwall finish, as follows: A metallic angle-plate b', formed to fit uponthe respective corners of the said frame or molding, is provided with acentral aperture adapted to receive the screw b2, which passes throughthe molding and into the studs of the building-frame. Obviously the saidscrews may be inserted and turned inwardly in a position to hold theframe rigidly in place without disturbing the plastering, and inasmuchas the cabinet fits closely between two adjacent studs or furred stripsit is obvious that the screws if inserted at the corners of the framewill always encounter the frame-studs or furring-strips between whichthe said cabinet has been inserted.

When the said case is used within the wall of a building constructed bybrick, it is secured thereto by means illustrated in Fig. 6, wherein Frepresents the brick wall, G represents the wall-furring, and Gr aground adapted to be secured rigidly to the said furring and having itsouter surface ush with the wall finish g, upon which the said case maybe secured. A space always exists between the wall-furring G and thebrick wall for plugging or securing the said wall-furring in unvaryingrelation thereto, so that when The said Y an opening of this kind isleft in the interior iinish of the wall lthe wall on all sides thereofwill be as rrn and unyielding as in any other part of the building. TheWidth of the said ground G should be such that the molding B shouldconceal the same and extend outward therefrom upon the plastering orother wall finish, and the said case will be secured thereon in themanner heretofore described-that is to say, by means of the screwsinserted at the corners of the frame and extending into the surroundingframework about the aperture. Should the interior wall be very thin orshould it for other reasons be desired to secure more depth, asupplemental molding B may be used, as shown in said Fig. 6, asasubmold.

Obviously the metal corner-plates b are of great value in this device,inasmuch as they prevent the said screws h2 from mutilating the face ofthe molding and also serve to clamp the said molding rigidly between thesame and the wall.

I claim as my inventionl. A wall-cabinet comprising a casing designed tobe inserted into an opening in a wall between two adjacent studs andprojecting a distance outside of said wall, said casing being providedwith accessible closures, such as drawers or doors, for access to theinterior of the cabinet, and molding-strips designed to be secured tothe wall about said opening, said molding-strips being provided withrabbets, the projecting parts of the side, top and bottom walls of thecasing fitting in the rabbets in said strips, whereby said casing issupported by said strips from lateral and vertical displacement, and theparts of the strips outside of the rabbets constituting projecting partsor iianges adapted to overlap the outer margins of the casing-walls toprevent the casing falling away from the wall, and the closures beingrabbeted at their margins and the rabbeted parts overlapping saidflanges of the molding.

2. A wall-cabinet comprising a casing designed to be inserted into anopening in a wall between two adjacent studs and projecting a distanceoutside of said wall, said casing being provided with closures, such asdrawers or doors, for access to the interior of the cabinet, andmolding-strips designed to be secured to the wall about said opening,said molding-strips being provided with rabbets, the projecting parts ofthe side, top and bottom walls of the casing tting in the rabbets insaid strips, whereby said casing is supported by said strips fromlateral and vertical displacement, and the parts of the strips outsideof the rabbets and constituting projecting parts or [langes adapted tooverlap the outer margins of the casing-walls to pre- Avent the casingfalling away from the wall and the closures being rabbeted at theirmargins and the rabbet parts overlapping said IIO Ilanges of themolding, certain of the closures l ence of two witnesses, this 18th dayof April, being hinged to the molding by hinges the A. D. 1899. outerleaves of which are attached to the molding laterally outside of therabbets in JAMES MONROE DECKER 5 said molding. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as TAYLOR E. BROWN, my inventionI affix my signature, in pres- GERTRUDE BRYCE.

